we were talking to tom cole a little while ago on the show. off camera he was telling me, look, if you conceivably get 180 democrats to vote for this and maybe 40 republicans to get past that 218, 220-mark, where are you going to find the house republicans if they don't support the deal? if they are able to cut a deal in the senate that house gop leaders you do like you'll get considerably more than 40 votes. even if they get a deal done tonight in the senate, it's got to be something that realistically could pass over here in the house, and that remains a big unknown at this point. >> what are you hearing from republicans? >> well, you know, there's been some speculation about where this offer on social security, the cost of living adjustment came from. robert costa of national review reported a little nugget that republicans alerted the white house and democrats that they may demand that this be part of the negotiation a couple weeks ago. that to me seems like a bit of a stretch. it seems pretty clear that mcconnell and the senate leadership